Had a chat with Dom at TVR Power this morning. Following the rolling road session they should be able to fit some new brake pads to the front. These will be the AP racing supplied CP6600D55-DS2500. I guess the extra numbers just show the fitment as well as DS2500 being the compound. I used DS2500 … Read more
I have been trying to get an answer to my question on the specification of the Ford brake proportioning valve that is fitted to Speed 6 TVRs as standard. When I posted this in October it looked good – Ford had acknowledged my request for information and it had been passed to their technical team. … Read more
Our TVR is in lovely condition, but the ‘Bison’ interior doesn’t quite live-up to the shiny looks of the outside. TVR’s Bison trim is a synthetic leather and was a lower-cost option when ordering a car. Apparently it looked very nice when new, but ages worse than leather and then starts to look a bit … Read more
Well, a fun day of finding out more about the car. In two weeks time I will be out bright and early to drive to Center Gravity for a suspension ‘health check’. This will take a couple of hours and includes: – Test drive and report – Damper test and report – Inspect all suspension … Read more
I have exchanged a couple of e-mails with a helpful chap at AP Racing. They supply TVR Power with front pad # CP6600D55-DS2500 and rear pad # CP3915-42-DS25HP . So the front is a Ferodo DS2500 branded as AP, and the rear DS25HP is a “comfort version (low compressibility) of the DS2500 but fairly similar … Read more
I had a chat with Jason at TVR Power yesterday. AP Racing DS25HP is apparently very similar to the Ferodo DS2500 pad, but different. That was the impression I got. TVR Power sell the front pads for £95 + VAT. Use of their rolling road was discussed. It costs £75 + VAT per hour. I … Read more
The brake bias saga rolls on. I have spoken to TrackVRoad and Dom and TVR Power about this. Dom’s thoughts were that it could possibly be a master cylinder fault and that it would be worth getting the car onto a rolling road brake tester at an MOT station. If these exist to do both … Read more
Not long after buying the TVR, we found out that out family of two was going to become a family of 3. This car most definitly doesn’t seat 3. Our new baby boy arrived in September, but I was determined it wouldn’t stop be driving the car, so it had a couple of good outings … Read more
As bought, the braking was too rear biased. The rears lock before the fronts, destabilising the car, reducing braking performance and producing smoke from locked wheels. An update on the ongoing brake bias struggle… The first bit of corrective work was by TVR Power who changed the rear pads from EBC Greenstuff to the same … Read more
To try to work out why the valve was rattling, I gave AP Racing a call. They were helpful. and I ended up speaking to one of their people who knew about TVRs. The valve shouldn’t rattle. They are happy to take a look at it (but that isn’t so easy for me). It would … Read more